{"id":942,"date":"2009-05-17T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2009-08-03T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T05:02:40","slug":"942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Flower #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

My attention to the poison ivy<\/a> did not prevent me from finding a new mystery flower in the woods Friday, though the abundance of bugs almost stopped me from getting a photograph. The bugs usually ignore me as long as I keep moving.\u00a0 The second I stop, they’re all in my face looking for a snack. I had only enough time to take a couple of serendipity shots and then skedaddle.<\/p>\n

A “serendipity shot” is what I call it when I put the camera near something, let the auto focus do its thing, and then snap the shot without any idea of how it’s going to come out. Sometimes this method produces beautiful pictures and sometimes not. This time, I shot upward, which allowed me to take advantage of the light still in the sky. This is the best of the three shots that I took.<\/p>\n

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The focus isn’t perfect, but you can see that the plant has clusters of yellow flowers and in the center of each flower there are radiating orange parts or lines. It also appears to have a woody stem, which seems likely, since the plant looked shrublike to me. Whatever it is, it’s pretty. But what is it called? My best guess is in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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